Trinity ISE II Speaking TIps

1. TIPS FOR ISE II (TRINITY)
CONVERSATIONTASK
 SOCIETY ANDLIVINGSTANDARDS
 PUBLIC FIGURES
 PERSONALVALUESAND IDEALS
 THE WORLD OF THE WORK
 UNEXPLAINEDPHENOMENA ANDEVENTS
 NATURALENVIRONMENTALCONCERNS
COLLABORATIVE TASK
 DO AT LEAST THREE QUESTIONSTO THE EXAMINATOR.
That’s interesting…
Oh,I see…
That’s amazing…
What I meanis…
So inotherwords…
So whatyou are sayingis that…
Would you like to…?
We could…
I suggest…
Do you fancy+ v-ing…?
That sounds great.
Yes, that would be lovely.
I used to… (“Usedto” is onlyforpast states/actionsthatdon’thappennow)
I would…(‘Would’totalkaboutrepeatedpastactions)
I reallythinkitwouldbe apityif we didn’t…
Are you quite sure youwon’tconsider...?
Let’sjoin...Youwon’tregretit.
You have my support.

2. Don’tgive up!
You mustn’t...!
You’re not (really) supposedto...
FILLERS
 Let me think…
 Well…
LANGUAGEFUNCTIONS
 Givingadvice andhighlightingadvantagesanddisadvantages
 Making suggestions
 Describingpasthabits
 Expressingpossibilityand uncertainty
 Elicitingfurtherinformationandexpansionof ideasandopinions
 Expressingagreementanddisagreement
 Expressingfeelingsandemotions
 Expressingimpossibility
 Reportingthe conversationof others
 Speculating
 Persuadinganddiscouraging
GRAMMAR
 Secondandthird conditionals
 Simple passive
 Usedto
 Relative clauses
 Modalsand phrases
 Usedto give advice andmake suggestions: should/oughtto,could,you’dbetter…
 Modalsand phrasesusedto expresspossibilityanduncertainty: may,might, I’mnot
sure…
 Discourse connectors: because of,due to…
 Presentperfectcontinuoustense
 Past perfecttense
 Reportedspeech
 Linkingexpressions: eventhough,inspite of, although…